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For sure-fire first-round draft picks like Jared Goff and Carson Wentz, NFL draft weekend was a blitz of glitz and glamour that began with smartly-clad draft hopefuls drifting down the red carpet outside Chicago’s Auditorium Theater.

But for the legions of players who have to wait till the late rounds of the draft or sign as free agents afterward, the three days of the draft constitute hours of interminable waiting for themselves and their agents, followed by a flurry of activity in the sixth and seventh rounds.

Here’s a look at how April 30, the third day of the NFL draft, unfolded for Washington State receiver Dom Williams, who finished his career with 192 receptions, third in WSU history, for 2,889 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns, both second all-time. He was hoping to get drafted in the late rounds but ultimately signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent.

8 a.m.

As Williams was driving from Pullman to Seattle, his agent, Adam Snyder, arrived at the law offices of Ogden, Murphy, Wallace before 9 a.m. to set up for the day.

The 48-year-old Seattle native is primarily a health lawyer at Ogden, Murphy, Wallace. But in 2010, he founded Focus Sports Agency and dived headfirst into the cutthroat world of NFL sports agency.

Since Snyder was first certified as an NFL player agent in 2010, he has been through six drafts.

His client list includes former Seahawks safety Ryan Murphy — a seventh-round draft pick out of Oregon State in 2015 — former UW and current Chargers cornerback Greg Ducre, former UW and 49ers receiver DiAndre Campbell and quarterback Jake Heaps, who recently signed with the Seahawks.

As the third day of the draft unfolds, the three-man staff of Focus Sports Agency sets up camp in a conference room whose windows overlook CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field, and hunker down with cellphones, laptops, coffee and pastries.

It’s going to be a long day.

9:10 a.m.

The Dom Williams draft day cheer squad consists of Christina Norris, Williams’ godmother who flew in from New York, “just so Dom could have someone to celebrate with,” and Norris’ father, Joe Hudson, who came in from Pomona, Calif., and whom Dom — and everyone else — affectionately calls “Grandpa Joe.”

As Norris likes to say, “You don’t have to be blood to be family.” Despite the distance between New York and Pullman, Norris attended most of Williams’ games last season and she and her mother were on the field with him during senior night festivities. Norris and Grandpa Joe arrive at Snyder’s office hours before Williams does.

On the greaseboard at the front of the room is a list of all six of Focus Sports’ draft-eligible players, along with a list of teams that have expressed interest in each player. Williams has the longest list of eligible suitors: the Patriots, Texans, Browns, Eagles, Packers, Jets, Dolphins, 49ers and Jaguars are all scrawled in under his name.

Snyder is convinced that Williams will find a home at some point that afternoon because for weeks, he’s fielded calls from various NFL teams who’ve expressed interest if he goes undrafted.

12:35 p.m.

Seventeen receivers have been drafted and lunch has been ordered for the Focus Sports crew as the sixth round begins.

The sense in the room is that Williams’ time is coming, and New England is high on the list of possible destinations.

Two days before the draft, a New England coach texted Williams with a brief but positive message of encouragement: “Want to reiterate how well you did at the workout. You’d be a good fit here. Hope everything goes well this weekend.”

Neither Williams nor his agent have heard anything from New England since then, but that’s consistent with the personality of Patriots coach Bill Belichick. So, regardless of the radio silence, perhaps the Patriots will take Williams in the sixth round?

ESPN’s draft analysts are busy discussing the Vikings’ selection of German receiver Moritz Boehringer with the 180th overall pick when Snyder’s phone rings and a Michigan area code flashes on the screen.

He answers hurriedly. The Detroit Lions have three picks in the sixth round.

“Oh. Just come around the fifth avenue side. Thanks,” Snyder says into the phone, voice devoid of excitement.

Hanging up with a sigh, he grins wryly and tells the room, “Of course the Jimmy John’s guy has a Michigan phone number.”

Dressed in a gray sweatshirt and black warmup pants, Williams arrives a few minutes after the Jimmy John’s guy delivers lunch.

The receiver greets Norris and Hudson with warm hugs and the threesome go upstairs to the lounge Snyder has allocated for them to watch the draft away from the agents’ war room.

The TV in the lounge is tuned to ESPN, but in an attempt to keep his mind off the uncertainty of the draft, Williams and Grandpa Joe begin what will be the first of three marathon rounds of dominoes. Norris sits nearby, eating a sandwich and keeping score.

2:30 p.m.

The energy level in the conference room spikes as the seventh round begins.

“If the Kentucky Derby is the most exciting two minutes in sports, then ... the seventh round of the NFL draft is the most exciting hour in sports,” Snyder says.

Things are indeed heating up. The Patriots are on the clock with the fourth pick of the seventh round – 225th overall – and will likely draft a receiver.

Snyder is on the phone with the Texans. Henry Organ, Focus Sports’ Executive Director of Brand Management, is going through his list and tracking the remaining draft picks of each team that has expressed interest in a Focus Sports client.

The distinctive nine-note jingle indicating the submission of yet another draft pick resonates through the TV.

Snyder tells Green Bay they’re in the middle of deliberations, and says he’ll call them back.

The group gets into an in-depth pros/cons discussion about the merits of Green Bay vs. San Diego. The Chargers are offering a little less money than the Packers, but other than that, not much separates the two.

Snyder’s phone is ringing. It’s Green Bay again.

“Talk to me guys,” he says to the room as he picks up.

“I think I need 180 seconds,” he tells Green Bay.

Snyder looks around the room as the Green Bay representative says something over the phone.

Almost as soon as he hangs up with Green Bay, Snyder’s phone rings yet again.

This time, it’s the Chargers.

Holding the phone in one hand, Snyder looks pointedly at Williams, “We’re good?” he asks, by way of final clarification.

Williams pauses, then nods decisively, “We’re good.”

As Snyder relays the good news to the Chargers, Grandpa Joe sidles up to Williams with a big smile on his face and pats the receiver on the back, “Hey, congratulations. This is it, now. It’s over. You’re in the mix!”

Realization sinks in for Williams as he shakes hands with Organ, and then turns around and envelops Grandpa Joe in a huge bear hug.

“It’s locked,” Snyder says, getting off the phone, and at 3:48 p.m. it’s a done deal.

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